If no one minds a Mitsubishi-less shop, mine has some ideas that guys with two-car garages might be able to use.

I did all the work myself, including setting the tile and digging the pit for the lift. The total budget, including the floor, cabinets, benches and lift was less than $3,500. Everything in the place is second-hand, re-purposed or home-made.

I also made a website for it: http://www.12-gaugegarage.com















Work benches that fold down from the wall:







And it's got its own a video:


And yes, a video just about the lift I put in:


Is it always this clean? No. Not by a long shot.



But it does go back to clean very quickly -- that's the real accomplishment of it, I think. I finally took the time to work out a place for everything to go when It's not being used.

In practice, it makes a huge difference not having to spend so much time looking for things you've misplaced. I spent years doing that.

 

^ Awesome setup there. I have a two car garage and yours is an inspiration!

 

^^^That garage is insane. That's exctly what i need lol. Great work man

 

Now that's class. You raised the bar to the ceiling Jack! Wow! Great car too!

 

Welcome to the forum. I'm a little embarrassed to say that I posted a link to your garage about a year ago and now here you are.

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ne...ve-garage.html

FWIW, I'm a GJ member, as well.

 

Lol. I wondered why I saw this garage before. It is very nice.

I should post my 3 car with spray painted walls, a broken lift and messy as hell. That's how I roll.

 

Very nice, that's really the nice garage pics. I am planning to built the new garage so i am in search of the nice garage pics, this information really very useful for me, its really nice post.

 

what lift is that? i like!!

 

Very nice!!!

 

Thanks. The lift is a Vestil Hydraulic Lift Table, which would normally be used in an industrial or warehouse setting. I saw it come up on Ebay, and the idea kept eating away at me that this would work really well as a lift for my 911. The nice part about it is that I was able to simply tile over the top of it, so it has no footprint at all when it's not being used.



It works great for a 911, since the car has a flat belly pan where it contacts the lift. The engine, exhaust, drive train, wheels and suspension are all easily accessible with this lift.



The downside is that it's less useful for front-engine cars. I've used it with my Jeep and my BMW, both with solid blocks supporting the lift points), and it works -- but it's not ideal. The other downside is cost -- these things sell for a lot more than many consumer automotive lifts.

But I got mine for $455 on Ebay, second-hand. So it was kind of a no-brainer for my particualr situation.

A better solution for most guys would be to get a scissors-type lift (with its swing arms to support the lift points) and put it into a shallow pit that you can cover with a sheet of thick plywood, like this:

 

Very nice!

 

My garage back in UK

 

wow, my garage sucks compared to most of the ones in here

 

wow! Crazy!

 

heres mine nothing crazy but enough to keep the evo safe. Lets just say i took the whole garage over. peep the DD in the back. hint (its red)